Forrest Pardue is president and founder of 24/7 Systems Inc. After earning a BSEE at North Carolina State and then an MBA, Forrest has worked in the field of vibration analysis and PdM for more than 40 years. As one of the founding members of Computational Systems, Inc. (CSI), he was actively involved in the technical and market development of modern condition monitoring technologies. Following Emerson Electric’s acquisition of CSI in 1998, Forrest co-founded 24/7 Systems.